U.S. military bases in the region could be at risk if Washington imposes new sanctions on Tehran, the commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said, addressing the latest developments regarding the 2015 nuclear accord. “As we’ve announced …
Iran’s judiciary has confirmed that Abdolrasoul Dorri Esfahani, a member of Iran’s team of nuclear negotiators that struck the 2015 deal with world powers, has been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted …
Iran, Iraq and Turkey have decided to form a triple military alliance as the first step towards growing cooperation in mutual defense. The creation of the “military triangle” was highlighted yesterday in a report published …
Former reformist President Mohammad Khatami has been banned from making public appearances and receiving political guests for three months. The ban, first reported on October 5, 2017, was issued by the Special Court for the …
Over 100 people, including innocent bystanders, are killed every year in anti-smuggling operations in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan Province, according to human rights campaigner Habibollah Sarbazi. “There are no jobs in the area and even …
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce soon that he will decertify the landmark international deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program in a step that potentially could cause the 2015 accord to unravel. Trump …
Around 459,000 lost their lives in traffic accidents and more than 4.5 million people were injured in Iran within less than two decades since 1999, Radio Farda reports quoting Iran’s police chief Taghi Mehri. Iran’s police chief …
When Russia unveiled its Orion-E drone at the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2017, near Moscow this summer, it bore a striking resemblance to an Iranian “Shahed” (UAV) already flying, Foreign Policy reports. “Orion and Shahed …
Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri said on Friday that his brother Mahdi Jahangiri, who heads several major tourism projects, had been arrested, Fox News reports. An Iranian news website Tabnak, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard, says …
On August 15, the BBC reported that Iran had frozen the assets of 152 former and current BBC Persian staff and contributors. BBC Persian also announced that it had obtained a court order that had …
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